Folding bed.



J. WELSH.

FLDING BED. v APPLICATION vFILED DBO. 5, 1912, 1,057,191, Patented Mal. 25, 1913.

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FOLDING BED. APFLIOATION FILED DEG. 5, 1912.

Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

@Noruega J. WELSH. FOLDING BED. f APPLICATION FILED 1mm, 1912.

l ,057,19 l Patented Mar. 25, 1913* 3 SHEETS SHEBT 3. /L ,8 /S

John We sh Houma:

.Tomi WELSH. oir 'imm-ihm?, orilrronmiii.

FOLDING' BED.

Specification of Leiters Patent Application med Decenibcr o, wir..

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Z a Urfa-om t may concern:

Be. it known that l, JOHN We en, o. citizen of the Uni-tod Stokes, residing at 'West ilorlrelo in the county of Alameda and Slate of Gnliiornia. here invented certain new :intl useful improvements in Folding Bedsgnnd l lo declare lie following to he a full, clear, aniloiac description of the invention, such :is will enable others skilled in he art urio which imperi-aine; 'to make unil uso the suine.

rlihis, invention relates io improvement@ in folding heals and paricularly to metal foldbeds.

l@ne object of the invention is to provide :L hed of this character having in .improved construction and arrangcnent' of ,counterbalancing' springs by menus of which thi-.

body of the bed be readily swung npwardly or flownwrdly to cloeefi and open positions ond held in such positions.-

Anotlier object is to provide a n'letzil foldr hed. which will he simple7 stron duro ble, and inexpensive in constrvgf, ,y mtractixfe in appearance und l g means whereby the sume may be. of: lyicoverecl when in a folded posit?y l il ith these sind ohcr objects in View the invent-ion consiste certain 'novel features f 39 of coiistructiozi., and the combination fand zwzrugemenz of parts as`will he more fully described. and claimed. in the accoinpanying drawings: ,Figure l is showing ihe same in open or operuivc sillon in uli lines and in folded or closed position in dotted, lines; Fig. 2 is o ''ericul cross seclional View taken on the line Qwf 'of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is ah enlargeclverticul sectional Kiew lirough one of the head corner posts of hc bod and the foot or Support thereof Showing' the arrange-ment of 'lhs couuerhulancing spring herem and the manner in which one of 'he side rails of the i115 me is conneced lierelo; eiis u -l e f lirng'udinoi suction or' `elle hed nken iilui'i'eos und pillow in full lineS; Fig. e. plan View of the foo?, emi. of the hed ucligicen to one sieie hereo and showing showing'he manner in whicl'x the foot of inullress iS engaged by the in .ilzrees hoioing doi/lees; o is u, o o-mil perspective rie/w' of one.

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. sn A corner of Ehema'rees suppoiiironie of :fthe he-cetouii and, odian il a side View of my improved 'folding' heil isa detail horizontal secionol reWUo'lo-ne corner of the hed *tulo'i'i onli-hc linie YI-4J? or" Fig. l; is e similar View laken on the line of Fig". "1"; Fig. 9 is a dezail per- -epecive View olf one` of the feet or haue 60 members for the head 'Corner posts of the heil.; if i v. i(lis o. detail perspective View of ono of the clips of the foot corner posts o whichh che legs ai; the foot endof ille bed are pivotally conneoted; Fig. il. is a horizontal 65 sectional View through lhe parts shown in Fig. l0 incl taken on he line ll-l 'i of? l* .,'1

if ure Y holling the foot end of kho pluoe. Fig. 1l is u vertical sootionaloiiew through one of hrl'eurl'corner posts unil ocljaceoi i "S of 'the hed showing lo. slightly 75 Iiioflifiml construction 'and arrangement of the.

counterhlancingsprings; l"`i,g;. l5 is `o deuil, perspective View of one of lihe .moinh hers which Iconnect the side hure; oi the, oefl with he counterbuloncing eprings, in the il@ forni off/n?) invention shown. in. Fig'. @g1/lo is u detail perspeclivo View of the up er cnil of the 'cnnopy :mil curtain supporting frame of the bed. Fig. 17 isy u vertical sectional View thiough i'he tubular 85 corner posti oi" the head end ol' the. Toecl illus trailing a modiied fors. of my invention wherein thc parte illusirnell in Ll may hc employed in conneelion ui'h a nonolCL ing: hed; Fig", 18 :i (leoil perspective View 90 of he solf-izle11cliii1g knol) which is proferuhly employed in the upper @nii of the ''uhularcorner pos; oi' the hed.

My inxploved bed coiiuaiisos tubular head v corner posts i to which are connected rho @D rods 2 lfoi'fininrgr the head secion of ihc hed. The lower endsof the Standards l arosecui'ed to feet or baeo' members 3 comprising' parallel sido plaies haring' :it their omer ond of the corner possi: is. soijzuicd." Un ho lower edges of the plaies are lecrully pri )eci-ing 'flanges 6 having therein Screw holes i iclop'eal io ie/eivo screws: or other fasten# ing i hei may loe '.f,ecure(l lo the floor. The pluies iso have formed herein ihe Socket .1191i hoh@ holes 8 with 'which is adopted to ha engngefl a clamping bolt 9 whereby elle ie clempod nrouucl the lower end 310 ends an intgral soi-.liet 5 in which the low-r 100 ilevices T/vl'ierehrv .Li-zuid :foot or huso mein- N5 plate 15 which the posts 1 are provided o n their inner sides with vertical slots 12 which extend upwardly a sultable distance as shown. Slidably mounted in the upper portion of each post: is a tubular spring holding casing 13 in which is arranged acoiled spring 14 the upper end of which is firmly secured in the upper end of the casing while the lower end thereof is flirmly secured in the lower end of the post as clearly shown'in Fig. 3 of the drawing. Secured to or formed inte al with the lower end of the casing 13 is a aterally proj cting frame attaching lug or projects and works through the slot l2 in the post 14 and is provided with a series of bolt holes whereby the same may be adiustably secured to the head ends of the side rails 16 of'the mattress supporting frame 17 of thebed The frame 17 is preferably formed of angle iron bars, and

to the rails 16 ofthe frame 17 at the head end thereof are secured parallel u wardly projecting pla-tes 18 which are spaced a suit.; able distance apartv and between which is adj'ustably connected .the plate or lug 15 of of the plates 18 having therein bolt holes to receive fastening bolts 19 whereby these parts are connected. The

' .inner plate 18 on each sideof theframe has engaged therewith the ends of brace rods ,20 which extend across the bed and also sert'e as stops to receive one' end of the mattress. Pivotally connected to the upper brace bar 20 near the inner plate 18 is a pillow and mattress holding frame. 21 which is ada tedto be swung down in to engagement with the pillow 22'whereby the latter and one end of the mattress 23 are held in position on the mattress supporting frame of the bed. The head end of the frame. 17 is pivotally supported b v supporting links 24 one of which is arranged at each side of the bed framenad `hasits upper end adjustably pivoted to the plates the foot or base member 3 by a pivot bolt 25'which is engagedv therewith and with the slots l() in said plates of -tlievbase member as shown. y

The foot end of themattress supporting frame of the bed has secured thereto foot.

.post and leg attaching clips 26 which are substantially' U-shaped and inthe upper ends thereonc are secured the leiver ends of 18 and lside-.rails H16. and its lower end pivotally and slidably attached to and between the side plates 4i of l the foot corner posts 27 to which and to the inner sides of the clips 26 are secured the foot frame bars 28 as clearly shown in dotted lines 1n F ig. 10 of the drawings. .Piv-

otally secured .to the lower ends ofthe clips 6 which when the mattress sinoportinc frame is swung upwardly oi folded, will swing down against the outer or lower sides of the side rails of the mattress frame as clearly shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the draw- -mgs Slidably mounted in vertical passages 30 in the foot frame bars 28 are mattress holding members 3l comprising rods havingf .right angularly projecting upper .ends 32 this extremities of whichk are bentI .laterally or offset-as shown. The lower ends of the rods 4are threaded to receive thumb nuts 33 which l when screwed up on saidthreaded ends and into engugementjwith the bars 28 draw said angular upper ends 32 ci the rods into ent gagement with the upper side of the toot end of the mattress thereby firmlyr clamping the latter to thefbedstead as lclearly indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawing.

Any suitablebe'd bottom or springs muy Ibe employed in connection with my im! proved bedsteadysaid bed bottom beinghere shown and preferably comprises a frame 3ft having an angle iron side and end bars the spring casing 13, said lug and, the ad-V` nw -jacent portions `hich are adapted to engage and rest on the angle iron side rails and end bars' of the bed franie.\Arranged between the side bars of the frame 34 are a series of parallel cross Asaid notches in the'cross bars are engaged longitudinal rods or wires each of which is passed over and under each alternate cross bar 35 or are engaged with the upper side of one cross bar and with the lower side of the next adJacent cross bar, said rods crossing or passing each other between the cross'bars as clearlyshow'n in Fig. il of the drawing. The ends of-the rods or wires 38 are securely fastened in any suitable manner to the end cross bars of the frame. The bed bottom or'springs when thus constructed form a.. strong support for the mattress of the bed.'

In connection with the bed I preferably provide a canopy and curtain supporting device comprising standards 39 the lower ends of which are engaged with the knobs l y' 11 in t-he upper ends ofthe corner posts of the bed. The standards 39 extend to a height corresponding with the length of the hed frame and are bent at this point to torni eyes 5 n horieordrdljr, disposed forwardly eereins fl?, the upper .ends of which A ered: *to e eurlein' supporting freine sld, bevind onl oreengnged Wit-h, the eyes lil on the upper ends oi? the stendardo 39 {s'ee Fig. 16'). The .u "ein supporting frame has engeged ends one of the ends or ooiiefl which are arranged on ille eroe' Y one ,here their opposite ends Secured io the slender# 39 whereby the pressure of said springs is exerted to swing the curtain i supporting remo Werdly to a, vertical posiion rilievo upper .ends of the standn end er se her i which position il ie will drew and holo "l uridine when ehe hed is operi r for line lower ends or -he eu# will noi; interfere with the occupants `or hedn tion ehe Aeuriein :i ion/ered or horizontal posirhirit e marraine depending' therefrom me? he need over or around the folded or closed hed lee hy entirely inelosingj and hiding the leiter. Jhe hed is in im l posiliion the @eresie .enpporting :freine i to permitthe d5 'to swing npwerdl; io e vertical p er h the curtains may he drape ad corner posts or' the hed.

' ioj. 'lll off the drawing' ie shove/'ia e modiiied construction and irren Teeounieroolaneing springs 4J? "or nieiholsneng the 'Weight of the' bed me end desist in ehe raising and lowering l'hereo". In the forni of the hed shown l?" le the spring easinge i3 shown and descr-ood in the rsl, form o the i-nvenion dispensed with and the spring el? in each of the corner posts is secured :it iis upper end i the kno-liv in the upper end of the heedy corner 48 or the upper end o the spring may he secured in the upper end of' he posi; in any other suitable manner. The lower end o1 he spring 47 is engaged with plunger @E9 which is slidebly mounted in the lower' portion of the tubular corner post 48 and hes on iis lower end a laterally prollctiug 'plete 50 which is provided with u series of .holt holes 51 whereby said plate muy he edjusiebly secured between the plates i8 of the side liars or rails 16 of; the hed frame. ln lhe form of the hed shown in Fig; lff the heed end of the side rails ere ill?.

e eezeopy freine .el over which are irs inner ends pivoolly mourir/ed' or rod le the ends of rvlbioh lifhen flied is in e closed or 'folded poeid ook' ed or otherwise suitably f steered to supported and the other parte' of the hed are constructed and arranged in the same manner es the corresponding parte in the form of the bed shown and described inthe first figures of the drawings and a Vfurther Adeserglptionl of lthese ports is not thouffht necessary.y lt will be noted that the sprtihg A47' 'shown in the last form of the invention 'is contracted or compressed by the opening movement of the bed frame and .that the residence offered by the`compression of the springs 47 serves to counterbelence the weight of the bed frame .while 'the enfin@ 18 shown in @he `first forni ofthe inventi are stretohedfpr expended hy the lowering or opening movement of theloed lframe an or expanding of these springs serves to counterholance the weight, of the bed frame. In Fig. 17 of the drawings is shown e "'ghlgly .modified arrangement or" the peri-s by these ports `may be employed for attaching the `eide rai-ls 16 to the corner posts for forming?? e rigid or nop ldilig bed. It will be noted that the plgoes 18 'on' the -sido rails 16 have two series of bolt holes'o and 53 arranged therein in diverginglinfes or al; right angles ,to each other. In thus errang the bolt holes 52 and 53 il; will be seen rho, :he plunger LiL-9 and rheplate 50 ma `he removedfrom l the corner post 48 and om heside rail l1d as `sshovvn in Fig. 14 and said plunger (19 and plate 50 turned over or reversed and secured by ,suitable bolts engaged with the upper series of holla holes 53 in 'which position the plunger 49 is engeged with the corner post 54- as' shown in Fig. 17, thus rigidly connecting the side ruil to seid post. The yphiiiggei* Whenthus engaged with the @omer pos@ is held in position to support; the mil at the desired elevation by "seyl'indricsl. bei 55 which. is engaged with the lower endof `the post e and is preferably bolted, or oihervyise firmly Secured in fthe end or the vposi; ond forros foribhe side rail ofthe bed. i

f In Fi?. 18 of the drawing is shown the preferred construction of the knobs 1l for .1 the upper ends of the head posts of the hed,

with Shanks ll, said `sharks having a series or radi-ally projecting ribs 1lb which are sharp on `their outer edges and when the shrinks driven into the u 'per ends of the posts bite into the inner sur ace of the upper ende of the posts and thereby fast-en the knobs in position therein.

From the foregoing description token in connection withV the accompanying drawings, he construction and operation of the nveniion will be readily understood with out requiring a more extended explanation,

.Various changes in the form,'proportion and the minor details of construction may be o rigid support- .seid knobs 1l being' here shown as provided that the resietenee leredby the stretching 'y usr fred 'in Fig. 14 of the drawings Whereand esortee lo w'lmnt departing from @he prin eple or eacrlcng 'any of the advantages of the invention efelaimegl.

Having lhne deeorbed my invention, what .I claim is:

l. A folding bed emnpreng`ey head eee tion having tabulae @orner pofs, eounterbalancing springe conneoed 'an'tlze upper ends to the upper-ends of seid poets, plunq gere slideloy mouned in saflpees and engagged. with the lov'en1 ends of seid springs, reilattzmlnke; plaies seemed to plnngers and, pz'ojeong f'omead Corner peels, side zalseonnecoal 'el their, mail ends en, said plates, n :foot section .eonneel'ecl-to'the other ends of said sdeals, and supporting means for-the head ends of said eide here whereby the ,latten and said foot sect-ions may be' swung upwardly and down erdlylao closed open positions..

9 olelng bed comprising ay head sec'- vfilon leaving 'heee members, 'tubular corner posts Secured et slelr lower ens -m seid base .members and mvlng; m meu* lower polmone.

vertical sloe, eounerbelaneng springe op rWely nzmngeal in said come? poele, e

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said keine pnojecting through the slots in said coe er posts to ooereiiv'ely conneer"y said heeel ends with elle 'Springs in the poets, eupporlzng'lnks pvo'mlly and adjustably eonneeed atlher uppe ends to'he head. ende ofnsafl fname and'hovng o pix"t uml sliding eonnecon nttlleir lower ends with the ybosje membel's of seid heed section Where-by elle pvotally and loosely supported in an open or el sed(v poson.

8. ln e 'olfl o' bee; heeel sect1' on having base members eompmemg parallel plates having 'therein opposiely dispose@ horizonml slots, e soo-liet fofcnledon'one end of seid platee3 ubuler lnonnen postseeeured et their low'e ends in said Sockets, eountee'beleneng .epinnge operolvely arranged nemd corner postale bed frame lxevmg an operanwel eonnecon al heed with said sprngma-,nael wees enflpillow. holding fname plvoally 'connected to the head of said porting linke tion having :said posts, ends to said springs, foot to the 'foot ends of said :to pivotally and looselyeupporl; the nea ends of the rails in an open ffnme, menne secured iothe head emile Vo'zally connected head' enel of the bed frame is Loemel `e., A folding bed comprising e head seo tubler corner poets, eountexbnlancmg Spings operatively mounted in side rails connected et ehe-ii hemel sections eonneced side mils, VIneens-3 or closed posi- 't1on, e canopy and curtain support comprislim; standards secured a their lower ends in seid head corne` posts, a. fmme projecting orwmjoly fr jom the upper ends of sold standards, e curtain supporting.freine plvsmmderds; end adapted to be swung clown- Wardly and held lnoperatwe engagement 11th-sand ean'opyfframe, eutalns attached. to

salcl eurtain fname whereby when the luifel.' .1s swung dowmardly mbo engugemen 'with the canopy :frame the 'pertain 'will be held 'into position lo 'be ,draped over' the folded.

bed andl s rinV s to swn saideurta'in su A. g .l port-mg frame upwardly above .amel canopy freine yendlStandMds thereby rowing he curtain up over the canopy frame and enpportmg the( onrtemelln en out olf lane my to the upper ends of the l sov 

